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Andκαὶhaving been warnedχρηματισθέντεςinκατ’a dreamὄναρnotμὴto returnἀνακάμψαιtoπρὸςHerod,Ἡρῴδηνthey withdrewἀνεχώρησανtoεἰςtheir countryτὴν χώραν αὐτῶνbyδι’anotherἄλληςway.ὁδοῦ
Matthew 2:12
Study it in the app“And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another way.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 2:12, word by word
- having been warnedχρηματισθέντεςchrēmatisthentes
warn
To receive a message from God.
Where else “chrēmatisthentes” appears- a dreamὄναρonar
dream
Dream, what one sees while asleep. "In a dream".
Where else “onar” appears- to returnἀνακάμψαιanakampsai
return
Return, turn back.
Where else “anakampsai” appears- HerodἩρῴδηνHērōidēn
Herod
Herod, the name of several rulers of one family under Rome: Herod the Great, king of Judea when Jesus was born; his son Herod Antipas, who ruled Galilee; and his grandson Herod Agrippa I.
Where else “Hērōidēn” appears- they withdrewἀνεχώρησανanechōrēsan
withdraw
Withdraw, go away, leave.
Where else “anechōrēsan” appears- their countryχώρανchōran
region
A region, a country.
Where else “chōran” appears- anotherἄλληςallēs
other, another
Other, another.
Where else “allēs” appears- wayὁδοῦhodou
road
The route by which one goes from one place to another, or the trip itself.
Where else “hodou” appears
The context
11And coming into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell and bowed down before him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh.
12 · This verse (above)
13And when they had withdrawn, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.”
To study Matthew 2 in a group
1. What it says
What did the magi do when they found the child with Mary his mother (v. 11)?
2. What it means
Why was King Herod troubled, and all Jerusalem with him, when he heard about this child (v. 3)?
3. How I live it
Joseph obeyed even at night and without understanding everything (v. 14). What simple step of obedience is yours today?